Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-22
THE ENCAMPMENT.
Houston on Holiday Attire to Greet
fhe SoIdiery OF thu State Of Texas.
Street Parade.
The Programme for the First DaJs-Press
Representatives TO be Banquetted
on Thursday Night.

Special 10 the Gazette.
HoUsToN, TEX June 2I.-Houston put
on its best holiday clothes to-day. The
entire city was profusely decorated with
bunting and evergreen, the modest peanut
stand vieing with the mammoth ware
house in its tasteful display OF each.
The morning trains brought in hundreds
of people from every part of the state,
VINO swelled the crowd of visitors already
here to between 5000 and 1000.
The state encampment was inaugurRted
al 10 80 g. m. with grand street parade,
arranged IN the following order;
Eighth United States cavalry band.
Battery United States Third artillery.
Major General A. S. Roberts, com
mander of state militia, and staff.
Adiutant- General W. H King and staff.
BriEadier- General Bedell of the state
militia and STAFF.
Austin Greys, Granite Rifles of Burnett.
Longview Rifles, Lee Guards of Giddings,
Feyette Light Guards of LAGRANGE, Par
sons Guards of Richmond. Lsmpasas
Rifles, Miller Guards of Bolton, Dallas
Light Guards, Brenham Light Guards,
Houston Light Guards, Houston Light
Infantry, Rutherford Rangers of Harris
county, Prairie Rangers of BraZorla
county.
The procession proceeded to the Fair
grounds where the militia are quartered.
In the evening grand dress
parade st tn Fair grounds, in
which all the companies participate,
was witnessed by several thousand peo-
pie The programme was Interrupted
for half hour by heavy shower OF
rain which drove the soldiers TO their
tents. After it had ceased the parade
was concluded.
Tonight there is dancing at the paVil-
ion. Tomorrow the competitive drill
commences. The first is the (maiden)
drill for companies which have never
won d price in & state encampment. The
prizes are: First, 5000; second, 500;
third, $50.
Entries Fayette Light Guards, Lee
Guards, Austin Greys, Brep-
Light Guards, Pearson Light
Guards. The first four companies will
drill tomorrow. In the pools, the Dallas
Light Guards, Austin Crews and Brennan
Light Guards have sold successfully as
favorites.
In the second competitive drill for com
panies which have never won 6 prize
in an interstate drill, there are
six entries: FayeLte Light Guards, Aus
tin Greys, Waco Light Infantry, Brennan
Light Guards, Pearson Rihes, Houston
Light Infantry. The Fayette company
will drill on Thursday and the others on
Friday.
Thursday afternoon the Houston Light
Guard will drill to beat by twenty five
points the best drill put up during the
/. encampment for prize of $3.50 This is
expected to be the greatest event of the
week. It is exp. cted that the already
large attendance will be greatly aug
mented at the competitive drilling.
A number of press representatives sre
here and will be entertained at 8 press
banquet Thursday night.
WILL GO TO HOUSTON.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, June 2l.-Captain r. II.
Baker, who is in Houston, telegraphed to
the Waco Light Infantry this morning
"Get ready to come to the drill y
Lieutenant Lipscomb has been around
to-day notifying the boys, and the COM
mand will probably get off tomorrow
night, going with the firm intention OF
getting prize and one OF the big ones,
too.